Thrimbal Scrumpwiffle and the Toad Squash Gourds
In a tree by a brook is where Thrimbal Scrumpwiffle the Forest Imp lived. He lived peacefully, unmolested by beasts or kingsmen. He lived happy days, catching t ...
Tim Hawthorne: State Finals Ping-Pong Champion
To say their description of me under my photo in the newspaper back then was unflattering is to put it mildly: His face was cursed by an ever-rupturing lan ...
Ricky Tango, Jr. Becomes a Man
I was ten years old the day I became a man. I was out under the pecan tree eating porridge from my favorite armadillo shell when I heard Momma scream. I ...
It’s Not Friday it’s Thursday
Someday somebody should really make it illegal for a Thursday to feel like a Friday. Seriously. I know it's impossible to hold days accountable for how they fee ...
Festive Stockings From My 8-Year-Old Son
UPDATE: I also posted this pic on Reddit and it's kinda blowing up: https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/5k9b95/our_8yearold_son_woke_up_early_this_mornin ...
Ricky Tango Jr. – Under the Couch
Life for Ricky Tango Jr. as a child - life under the couch of his morbidly obese parents - was mostly calm and easy, if not limiting and strict. Here he off ...
Dream of the Terrible Hotel
I had a dream last night that I was visiting a friend in a hotel he owned. The hotel was like some sort of gigantic victorian mansion and had a very nonsensical ...